(Message davew:1435)
Subj: Re: [L5RINFO] A Rules Manifesto
From: David Williams <l5r@TSTONRAMP.COM>

  To: L5RINFO@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 20:04:54 PDT
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>For an example of a *great*
>rulebook, look at the Netrunner rules.  I'm not sure if you ever played the
>game, but I think you could get access to one (working for the company and
>all).  Netrunner was an exremely complex game, but the rulebook was more than
>sufficent to teach you how to play *and* answer most of the complex questions
>that come up during play.

I agree with you that Netrunner was a good game with a very solid
rulebook. But a rulebook that is solid under 500 cards is *very*
different from the same rulebook 2500-3000 cards later.

And I'm certainly not saying it can't be done, just that it's tough.


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David Williams
l5r@tstonramp.com
Lead Designer - Legend of the Five Rings CCG, Deadlands CCG
Alderac Entertainment Group

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